scaled solutions

Scaled Solutions A specialised global chemical testing laboratory

www.scaledsolutions.com

Quality, Integrity, Safety & Excellence.

About Scaled Solutions

Our Mission, Culture and Team

Our Services

Core Flood

Inorganic Scale

Corrosion

Organic Deposits

Analysis

Joint Industry Projects

Research & Development

Modelling

Engineering

Consultancy & Training

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About Scaled Solutions

Meet our team

Dr Caroline Simpson Hazel Matthews Dr Dario Frigo Daniel Boyde

(Operations Manager) (Group Operations Director) (Senior Technical Advisor) (International Business Development Director)

Mr Ian Littlehales Mr Nilay Patel Dr Robert Stalker Mrs Kirsty MacKinnon Mr Andrew Ewing

(Technical Manager—USA) (Technical Manager—UAE) (Technical Manager—UAE) (Technical Manager) (Regional Manager—Kuala Lumpur)

Our Mission

Our Culture & Values

Team Work & Communication

Continual Improvement

Openness & Transparency

Trust

Dr Paul Hammonds Miss Katrina Angus Dr Samantha Wilson Mr Andrew Rafferty

(R&D Manager) (Finance Manager) (Core Flood Team Leader) (Performance Team Leader)

Our Services

At Scaled Solutions, we offer a range of services to help find solutions for problems that our clients may have. Our expert scientists can provide testing and analysis for ease of mind.

Core Flood

Our core flooding experts work in our state of the art core flooding labs to help clients with hydrocarbon flow assurance.

Corrosion

At Scaled Solutions we offer a range of corrosion testing services.

Inorganic Scale

Scaled Solutions are renown experts in production chemistry. We provide testing solutions for inorganic scaling.

Organic Deposits

We have developed bespoke equipment to investigate and mitigate the formation of asphaltenes, wax and naphthenate deposits.

Analysis

At Scaled Solutions, our analysts use a variety of techniques both standard industry tests and in-house developed methodologies.

Research & Development

Research and development is integral to Scaled Solutions. We constantly want to experiment and find new ways to help solve our client problems.

Consultancy, Training & Modelling

Not only do we offer a range of chemical testing, we provide consultancy and training cours-es to our clients and offer modelling services for full-field and near-wellbore simulations.

Engineering

Our scientists use equipment that our engineers have built in house. We also sell bespoke rigs that suit client’s needs and wants.

Core Flooding

Formation Damage Assessments, Testing & Core Analysis you can Trust

Scale inhibitor retention and release

Drilling fluids, completion fluids and breakers

Formation damage

Water injection

Enhanced oil recovery

Core preparation and analysis

Inorganic Scale

Solutions to help you understand, mitigate and resolve scaling risks

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Corrosion Testing We provide a full range of electrochemical and coupon weight loss laboratory techniques, both under ambient and elevated pressure conditions. We also provide application-specific testing.

Electrochemical screening testing:

• LPR bubble tests

• Higher shear RCE testing

• HPHT LPR tests

• HPHT RCE tests

Weight loss tests:

• Bubble tests

• Ambient & HPHT rotating cage coupon weight loss tests

• Rotating wheel tests

• Material compatibility tests

Application-specific tests:

• Inhibitor portioning

• Film persistence

• Jet impingement

• Under deposit corrosion

• Artificial pitting

• Preferential weld corrosion

• Volatile corrosion inhibitor content

• Top of the line corrosion

Reliable Corrosion Testing supported by cutting-edge technology

Specialised Services

Organics Testing

Wax

Naphthenates

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Asphaltenes

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H2S Scavengers

Modelling

Innovative Testing for Asphaltenes, Waxes, Naphthenates & Emulsions

In addition to utilising standard industry methods, we offer method development & validation services which are performed by highly experienced analysts. We also offer analytical support services for routine brine, chemical and solids analysis, through a variety of methods, including:

• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

• Compositional solids analysis by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (EDX)

• Optical Microscopy

• Topographic Microscopy (3D Microscopy)

• Viscometry & Rheometry (Brookfield II & Anton Paar)

• Karl Fisher (Water in Oil analysis) • Infracal (Oil in Water analysis)

• Turbiscan (Emulsion & Solids Deposition)

• Asphaltene Dispersant Testing (ADT)

• Formation Damage evaluation by ICP

• Oil Analysis • Fluorescence Spectroscopy

• Gas Chromatography (GC-MS, GC-FID, GC-FPD)

• High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with various detection methods

• Ion Chromatography

• Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy (FTIR)

Analysis

Analytical development for scale inhibitors

Leading the industry in scale inhibitor analysis

Method development and validation

SEM/EDX

Joint Industry Projects (JIP)

Scaled Solutions has been involved with large Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) to tackle some of the industry’s most pressing challenges. Currently, Scaled Solutions are engaged in the SWELL JIP.

SWELL is a JIP sponsored by multiple operators, vendors and service companies, to perform research and development aimed towards improving inorganic scale management and scale inhibitor treatments in complex and challenging oilfield production environments. 12 years on, the project is now in its fourth phase, which runs from March 2017 until February 2020.

Areas of research in the current SWELL IV programme include:

• Investigating the effect that kinetics and hydrodynamics have on the formation, deposition and inhibition of scale.

• Core flood testing of scale inhibitor squeeze treatments and development of new additives to enhance the lifetime of treatments under both conventional production conditions and more challenging conditions associated with chemical EOR.

• Techniques for analysis of residual scale inhibitor concentrations from squeeze treatments.

• Modelling of squeeze treatments. Place iTTM is our near-wellbore placement simulator that has been developed as part of the SWELL JIP over the past 15 years.

Research and Development

Internal R&D Programme Topics:

• Pilot Rig

• Corrosion

• Asphaltenes, Waxes and Crude Analysis

• HP/HT Core Flood

• EOR Core Flood

• UHPHT Rig

• Stim Modelling

• Fluid Dynamics

• TRF Analysis

• Hydrogen Sulphide

Improving our understanding of oil and gas production...

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Full field, near wellbore and scaling simulations to support your project

Place iTTM

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is the study of flow regimes in a system. Pressures, velocities, viscosities and many more flow properties can be obtained and correlated to physical observations. Scaled Solutions uses CFD modelling to modify laboratory test apparatus and then upscale to field conditions to ensure the flow regimes are consistent.

Understanding how fluid flow regimes affect corrosion and scaling processes is of critical importance to ensure that the appropriate laboratory test methods are used to achieve field representative results.

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CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics

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Cutting-Edge Equipment Reliable Service Ongoing Support

Core Flood Rig Dynamic Scale Rig Dynamic Naphthenate Deposit and Emulsion Rigs

Training and support Corrosion kits Service Contracts

Consultancy & Training

Technical experts you can trust

In addition to providing consultancy and training in support of our laboratory studies, Scaled Solutions also offer a wide range of external consultancy services and training courses to our clients. Our training products are provided by experienced laboratory staff, technical experts and senior internal consultants from a variety of disciplines, each having over 20 years’ experience in the Operations and Service sectors. Scaled Solutions also offer modelling services for full-field and near-wellbore simulations.

Each year, we hold bespoke training courses around the world bringing together our senior experts to present Scaled Solutions’ internationally-recognised Production Chemistry Course. In 2020 we will be launching a series of practical training courses.

Head Office and Laboratory

6 Nettlehill Road

Houstoun Industrial Estate

Livingston

West Lothian

EH54 5DL

T: +44 (0) 1506 439994

F: +44 (0) 1506 439971

Middle East Office and Laboratory

Mussafah Industrial Area No.41

Showroom B130GF, Plot 29-A

Mussafah

ICAD 3, Abu Dhabi, UAE

T: +971 2 666 9304

F: +971 2 666 9324

USA Office and Laboratory

12621 West Airport Blvd

Suite 400

Sugar Land

Texas, 77478

T: (281) 302-5900